On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 07:40:43PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 10:11:00AM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 08:37:57PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > > If so, please > > > remember to keep the bugtracking system informed of progress and delays. > > > > The main current problem is that currently, DRI freezes my machine on > > resolution changes (bug known since ages, as it appears, probably linked to > > VIA chipset). > > Which chipset? I have a KT400 which works just fine.
lspci says: 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] > > OTOH, this version of the DRM is tightly coupled with the ATI.2 DRI driver > > for the X server, and this one was worked on by Matt Zimmermann at some > > date. And everyone knows that building an X driver is currently quite a > > tedious task. > > It could be better, it could be worse. I think Branden has merged Sven > Luther's DDK patches, no? Ah, I don't know anything about this DDK - the mere idea that something exists is quite refreshing indeed ;) > > Maybe the X source package could integrate the ATI.2 sources, and build a > > package for it ? Currently, I build one manually, which diverts X-provided > > files before unpacking. Maybe the same approach could be taken there ? > > No. :) > > Debian-X people, what do you think of this ? > > Package it using the DDK. OK, will look for docs. Matt, what's your status wrt ATI.2 ? Regards, -- Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Why make M$-Bill richer & richer ? Debian-related: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Support Debian GNU/Linux: Pro: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Freedom, Power, Stability, Gratuity http://ydirson.free.fr/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/>